I need to erect a sign post where I have it all ready but a neighbor said I should use concrete.
I was just going to hammer it in by using a step ladder and long handled mallet.
Here is a picture of the sign post which is u shaped heavy steel
The soil is hard to describe. It's dry and mostly fine grained. Bigger grains than sand. Smaller grains than pebbles.
Winds can get to a good speed. Other than winds, I'm not sure what else will knock it down.
I never put a sign in the ground before. I never used concrete either.
How deep should it go?
There is a half bag of dry concrete mortar in the basement along with all the paint buckets and other materials that came with the house from the previous owner long ago (fifteen years).
How deep would you hammer it in if you were to hammer it in? If you concrete it, what's the SIMPLEST CHEAPEST way?